Re: import question

2012-01-08 Thread Bruno Haible
Hi Werner, Werner LEMBERG wrote: > ... then adding the imported files to the repository. > > I wonder whether the step `adding files to the repository' is > necessary at all. Why not simply calling gnulib-tool directly in the > `autogen.sh' script? Yes. This is in fact what the majority of proj

Re: import question

2012-01-08 Thread Werner LEMBERG
> I (and AFAIK, everyone who contributes regularly here) recommend > *not* to version-control the files that gnulib-tool imports. Good to know. What a relieve :-) Thanks for the answer! Werner

Re: import question

2012-01-08 Thread Jim Meyering
Werner LEMBERG wrote: > the normal usage of gnulib is to import files into a project, this is, > calling `gnulib-tool --import', then adding the imported files to the > repository. Hi Werner, In my experience, that is not "normal usage". I (and AFAIK, everyone who contributes regularly here) reco

import question

2012-01-08 Thread Werner LEMBERG
Folks, the normal usage of gnulib is to import files into a project, this is, calling `gnulib-tool --import', then adding the imported files to the repository. I wonder whether the step `adding files to the repository' is necessary at all. Why not simply calling gnulib-tool directly in the `au